Dear
Friend:
As I write this, the new research vessel Neil Armstrong is headed home to Woods Hole after its first major scientific expedition
to the sub-polar North Atlantic—a place that it will undoubtedly
frequent in coming years. The goal of this trip was to deploy new
instruments that gather long-term data on the function and health of the
region, which is pivotal to the Ocean Conveyor, a global circulation pattern that helps regulate our planetary climate.
Here is a video of
the ship and crew in action plus some breathtaking scenery as the ship
sailed through Prince Christian Sound in southern Greenland. It's a view
of one of our nation's newest, most advanced ocean science vessels that
few get to see.
I hope
what you see will inspire you to make a donation that will help us
strengthen the Armstrong Endowment. This fund supports operations and
maintenance critical to the ship's effectiveness and longevity and will
help assure that our scientists are uniquely positioned to answer
global-scale questions about the ocean that affect all of us on land.
Please donate now to help fuel this exciting new era of shipboard ocean science.
And thank you for your interest in and support of our work.
Sincerely yours,
Rear Admiral Richard F. Pittenger USN (Ret.)
Special Assistant for Strategic Planning
Administration
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